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Stress and Strain
Hooke's Law: Relating Stress and Strain
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Hooke's law states that the force exerted by a spring is: F=−kxF=-kxF=−kx where k is a constant (units: N/mN/mN/m), and xxx is the distance the spring is stretched from its natu…
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